List of Berkeley Landmarks in Berkeley, California facts for kids

Berkeley, California, is home to many special places called Berkeley Landmarks. These are buildings, areas, or even parks that the City of Berkeley has decided are very important because of their history. As of 2022, there are 346 of these landmarks! Many of them are also recognized by the United States government, either on the National Register of Historic Places or as National Historic Landmarks. This means they are important not just for Berkeley, but for the whole country!

What Do the Colors Mean?

When you look at the list of landmarks, you'll see some colors. These colors tell you how important a landmark is recognized to be:

Exploring Berkeley's Historic Places

Here's a list of some of Berkeley's amazing landmarks. Each one has a unique story!

#	Name	Image	Address	Date	Description
1	Berkeley City Hall		2134 Grove Street (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Way)	December 15, 1975	37°52′09″N 122°16′24″W / 37.8691°N 122.2733°W / 37.8691; -122.2733 (Old Berkeley City Hall) Also known as the Maudelle Shirek Building since 2007.
2	Berkeley Women's City Club		2315 Durant Avenue	December 15, 1975	Now called the Berkeley City Club.
3	Town and Gown Club	Upload image	2401 Dwight Way	December 15, 1975	This building was designed by the famous architect Bernard Maybeck.
4	William R. Thorsen House		2307 Piedmont Avenue	December 15, 1975	Today, it's the Sigma Phi Society Chapter House.
5	First Church of Christ, Scientist (Berkeley, California)		2619 Dwight Way	December 15, 1975
6	Church of the Good Shepherd, Episcopal		1823 Ninth Street	December 15, 1975
7	Westminster Presbyterian Church	Upload image	926 Hearst Avenue	December 15, 1975
8	St. John’s Presbyterian Church		2640 College Avenue	December 15, 1975	Designed by the well-known architect Julia Morgan.
9	Rose Walk		2500 block of Rose Walk, between Euclid and Le Roy Avenues	December 15, 1975	Another beautiful design by Bernard Maybeck.
10	Park Congregational Church	Upload image	1802 Fairview Street	June 21, 1976	Now known as the South Berkeley Community Church.
11	Edward F. Niehaus House		839 Channing Way	June 21, 1976
12	Captain Charles C. Boudrow House	Upload image	1536 Oxford Street	June 21, 1976
13	Napoleon Bonaparte Byrne House & Grounds	Upload image	1301 Oxford Street	June 21, 1976	Sadly, this house was destroyed by fires in 1984 and 1985, then torn down in 1988.
14	Joseph W. Harris House	Upload image	2300 Le Conte Avenue	June 21, 1976
15	Andrew Cowper Lawson House	Upload image	1515 La Loma Avenue	August 16, 1976	This house was built for Andrew Cowper Lawson.
16	Drawing Building (Naval Architecture Building)	Upload image	Hearst Avenue, University of California, Berkeley campus	October 18, 1976	Now called Richard C. Blum Hall.
17	Senior Hall		Behind the Faculty Club, University of California, Berkeley campus	February 25, 1991	Also known as Senior Men’s Hall or Golden Bear Lodge, designed by John Galen Howard.
18	Berkeley Day Nursery		2031 Sixth Street	February 22, 1977	Now the West Berkeley Children’s Center.
19	John Galen Howard House	Upload image	1401 Le Roy Avenue	March 21, 1977	Also known as the Gregory–Howard House.
20	Golden Sheaf Bakery		2071 Addison Street	October 17, 1977	Designed by Clinton Day.
21	Borja House	Upload image	1629 Fifth Street	December 19, 1977	Also known as Jucksch Cottage.
22	Barker Block	Upload image	2486 Shattuck Avenue	January 16, 1978
23	The Studio Building		2045 Shattuck Avenue	May 15, 1978	This building used to be called The Berkeley Hotel.
24	Fox Court		1472–1478 University Avenue	November 20, 1978
25	Bonita Apartments	Upload image	1940 University Avenue	January 15, 1979
26	Bonita Hall (Berkeley Bay Commons)	Upload image	1912–1918 Bonita Avenue	February 20, 1979
27	Jeremiah T. Burke House	Upload image	2911 Russell Street	May 14, 1979	This house was home to the Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum from 1966 to 2009.
28	Manuel Silva House	Upload image	1824 Fifth Street	May 14, 1979
29	Morse Block (Donogh Arms)	Upload image	2276 Shattuck Avenue	June 18, 1979
30	Samuel C. Clark Cottage	Upload image	2009 Berkeley Way	July 16, 1979	Also known as Morning Glory House and Dick Moore’s House.
31	Toverii Tuppa (Finnish Hall)		1819 Tenth Street	July 16, 1979
32	Charles W. Heywood House	Upload image	1808 Fifth Street	September 17, 1979
33	College Women's Club		2680 Bancroft Way	November 19, 1979	Now the Bancroft Hotel.
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35	Delaware Street Historic District		800 Block of Delaware Street and 1801 Fifth Street	December 17, 1979	Part of the Historic District West Berkeley Garden.
36	Miss Eleanor M. Smith House & Cottage	Upload image	2529–2527 Hillegass Avenue	January 17, 1980
37	Garfield Junior High School		1414 Walnut Street	May 20, 1980	Built in 1915 by Ernest Coxhead. It was also known as Garfield Intermediate School and was part of the Berkeley Unified School District. It is now the Jewish Community Center.
38	United States Post Office		2000 Allston Way	June 16, 1980	Part of the Civic Center Historic District.
39	Webb Block	Upload image	1985 Ashby Avenue	December 6, 2004	Also known as Hudson's Antiques.
40	Boone’s University School		2029 Durant Avenue	March 16, 1981
41	S. H. Kress & Co. Building		2036 Shattuck Avenue	April 20, 1981
42	State Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind		2601 Warring Street	September 21, 1981	Formerly the California Schools for the Deaf and Blind, now the Clark Kerr Campus.
43	William T. Such Building	Upload image	2140 Oxford Street	August 17, 1981	Now called Oxford Hall.
44	Corder Building		2300–2350 Shattuck Avenue	October 29, 1981	This building has had many names, including Shattuck Apartments, Whitecotton Building, and Witter Building.
45	Anna Head School		2538 Channing Way	November 16, 1981	Formerly Miss Head’s Preparatory School for Girls.
46	Haviland Hall		University of California, Berkeley campus	November 16, 1981
47	James Edgar House	Upload image	2437 Dwight Way	December 21, 1981	This is listed as a "Structure of Merit."
48	First Unitarian Church		2401 Bancroft Way	November 16, 1981
49	Fred Turner Building	Upload image	2546 Bancroft Way	December 21, 1981	Designed by Julia Morgan.
50	Richfield Oil Co. Station	Upload image	1952 Oxford Street	December 21, 1981	This building was torn down by U.C. in late 2021 for a new student housing project.
51	Masonic Temple		2105 Bancroft Way	January 20, 1982
52	First Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church	Upload image	936 Channing Way	February 22, 1982	Now known as Grace Baptist Church.
53	Mercantile Trust Co.	Upload image	2959 College Avenue	March 15, 1982	Now known as Wells Fargo Bank, designed by John Galen Howard.
54	Bartine Carrington House	Upload image	1029 Addison Street	March 15, 1982	This is a "Structure of Merit."
55	Odd Fellows' Temple	Upload image	2288 Fulton Street	April 19, 1982
56	Berkeley Public Library		2090 Kittredge Street	April 19, 1982
57	Strand Theater	Upload image	2966 College Avenue	May 24, 1982	Now the Elmwood Theater.
58	Lorin Theater	Upload image	3332 Adeline Street	May 24, 1982	Now Phillips Temple C.M.E. Church.
59	Phi Delta Theta Chapter House		2717 Hearst Avenue	May 24, 1982
60	Young-Ghego House (Heywood-Ghego House)	Upload image	1809–1811 Fourth Street	June 21, 1982
61	Hillside School		1581 Le Roy Avenue	June 21, 1982
62	South Berkeley Bank	Upload image	3286 Adeline Street	July 19, 1982	Now a Wells Fargo Bank.
63	India Block	Upload image	3250 Adeline Street	July 19, 1982
64	Carlson’s Block	Upload image	3228 Adeline Street	July 19,1982
65	Cloyne Court Hotel		2600 Ridge Road	November 15, 1982	Designed by John Galen Howard.
66	Beta Theta Pi Chapter House	Upload image	2607 Hearst Avenue	November 15, 1982	Designed by Ernest Coxhead, now the Goldman School of Public Policy.
67	Captain Maury House	Upload image	1317 Shattuck Avenue	December 20, 1982
68	Acheson Physicians' Building	Upload image	2131 University Avenue	January 17, 1983
69	Shattuck Hotel		2200–2240 Shattuck Avenue	May 16, 1983, and November 9, 1987	This landmark's recognition was expanded in 1987 to include the entire block.
70	Knox Presbyterian Church	Upload image	2108 Russell Street	June 21, 1983	Now the Church by the Side of the Road; it's also a "Structure of Merit."
71	John Muir School	Upload image	2955 Claremont Avenue	July 18, 1983
72	Hillside Club Street Improvements in the Daley’s Scenic Park Tract	Upload image	Hillside Club Street	July 18, 1983	This includes a special tree called Annie’s Oak.
73	Fidelity Guaranty Building and Loan Association Building	Upload image	2323 Shattuck Avenue	October 17, 1983
74	Howard Automobile Co. Showroom	Upload image	2140 Durant Avenue	October 17, 1983
75	Charles R. Brown House	Upload image	1614 Sixth Street	November 21, 1983
76	Mikkelsen and Berry Building	Upload image	2124–2126 Center Street	December 19, 1983
77	Thornburg Village (or Normandy Village)	Upload image	1781–1851 Spruce Street	December 19, 1983
78	Shattuck Square Building	Upload image	48, 82 Shattuck Square	February 27, 1984
79	Samuel G. Davis House	Upload image	2547 Channing Way	February 27, 1984
80	Tupper and Reed Building		2271–2275 Shattuck Avenue	March 19, 1984
81	Morrill Apartments	Upload image	2429–2437 Shattuck Avenue at Haste Street	May 21, 1984
82	Whittier School	Upload image	1645 Milvia Street	June 25, 1984	The inside of the school was updated in 1994.
83	Claremont District Public Improvements	Upload image	Claremont Avenue, The Uplands, Hillcrest Avenue, Brookside Avenue	October 15, 1984
84	People’s Park		2526 Haste Street/2448 Bowditch Street/2551 Dwight Way	November 19, 1984
85	Chamber of Commerce Building		2140–2144 Shattuck Avenue at Center Street	December 17, 1984	This building has a special agreement to protect it, held by the CA Preservation Foundation.
86	Mason-McDuffie Building	Upload image	2101 Shattuck Avenue	January 21, 1985
87	Warren Cheney House and Cheney Cottage	Upload image	2241 & 2243 College Avenue, University of California, Berkeley campus	September 17, 1990	The house was torn down in 2010, and the cottage was moved to a new address.
88	Federal Land Bank	Upload image	2180 Milvia Street	April 15, 1985	This building is part of the Civic Center Historic District. It used to be called the Farm Credit Administration and Civic Center Building.
89	Veterans' Memorial Building		1931 Center Street	April 15, 1985	Also part of the Civic Center Historic District.
90	Samuel Hume House	Upload image	2900 Buena Vista Way	June 17, 1985
91	Public Amenities (Northerly Gateways)	Upload image	Claremont Avenue	October 15, 1984
92	Captain Higgins' Temperance Grocery Store	Upload image	834 Delaware Street	June 17, 1985
93	Berkeley Municipal Incinerator	Upload image	1120 Second Street	July 15, 1985
94	Weisbrod Building	Upload image	2001 San Pablo Avenue	July 15, 1985	This is a "Structure of Merit."
95	William E. Colby House	Upload image	2901 Channing Way	July 15, 1985	Designed by Julia Morgan.
96	Fullen Market Building	Upload image	1523–1531 San Pablo Avenue	July 15, 1985
97	Durkee Famous Foods Plant	Upload image	2900 Fifth Street	August 6, 1985
98	Suendermann Plumbing Co.	Upload image	921 University Avenue	November 18, 1985
99	Mercantile Trust Company	Upload image	2959 College Avenue	March 15, 1982
100	Benjamin Ide Wheeler House and Garden	Upload image	1820 Scenic Avenue	January 13, 1986
101	Manasse-Block Tanning Company		1300 Fourth Street	April 21, 1986
102	Cooper Woodworking Building and American Photoplayer Co.	Upload image	1250–1260 Addison Street	April 21, 1986
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104	G. Paul Bishop Studio	Upload image	2125 Durant Avenue	July 21, 1986
105	Kennedy-Nixon House	Upload image	1537 Euclid Avenue	July 21, 1986
106	Kawneer Manufacturing Company	Upload image	2547 Eighth Street	July 21, 1986
107	Maria Marsh House	Upload image	2308 Durant Avenue	August 18, 1986
108	Davis-Harmes House	Upload image	1828 Fifth Street	September 15, 1986	This house was moved in the 1960s from 733 Hearst Avenue.
109	McCreary-Greer House	Upload image	2318 Durant Avenue	August 18, 1986
110	U.S. Realty Corporation Building	Upload image	2101–2109 University Avenue	September 15, 1986	Also known as the MacFarlane Building; it used to be a "Structure of Merit."
111	J.J. Pfister Knitting Mill	Upload image	2600–2602 Eighth Street	November 17, 1986
112	H.J. Heinz Building		2900 San Pablo Avenue	November 17, 1986	This was a factory for the Heinz Company.
113	Allanoke	Upload image	1777 Le Roy Avenue	November 17, 1986	Also known as Allen G. Freeman House and Robert Sibley House.
114	California Ink Company Industrial Site	Upload image	1326–1404 Fourth Street	November 17, 1986
115	Haste Street Annex of McKinley School	Upload image	2419 Haste Street (now 2407 Dana Street)	January 26, 1987	This was a "Structure of Merit."
116	Judge Benjamin Ferris House	Upload image	2314 Dwight Way	January 26, 1987	This was the first Alta Bates Hospital.
117	Old Jefferson Elementary School	Upload image	1475 Rose Street	March 16, 1987	This was a "Structure of Merit."
118	The Berkeley Inn	Upload image	2501 Haste Street	November 9, 1987	Designed by Joseph Cather Newsom; it was damaged by fires in 1986 and 1990 and is now torn down.
119	Hunrick Grocery	Upload image	2211 Rose Street	September 19, 1988	This was a "Structure of Merit"; it was torn down in 2004, but its front was rebuilt in 2005.
120	Bowles Hall and Charter Hill		Centennial Drive, University of California, Berkeley campus	October 17, 1988	Designed by George W. Kelham.
121	Maurer House	Upload image	1448 Sixth Street	November 21, 1988	This was a "Structure of Merit" and has been torn down.
122	City Hall Annex	Upload image	1835 Allston Way	November 21, 1988	This used to be a "Structure of Merit."
123	Berkeley Tennis Club	Upload image	2624 Hillegass Avenue	May 15, 1989
124	Byron Jackson Iron Works	Upload image	700–730 Parker Street, Bldg. 12	December 18, 1989	This was a "Structure of Merit"; it used to be Cutter Laboratories and has been torn down.
125	John Albert Marshall House No. 3	Upload image	2744 Telegraph Avenue	September 18, 1989	Now the Rose Garden Inn.
126	John Albert Marshall House No. 4	Upload image	2740 Telegraph Avenue	September 18, 1989	Also now part of the Rose Garden Inn.
127	John Woolley House	Upload image	2506 Dwight Way	October 16, 1989
128	Ernest L. Loring House		1730 Spruce Street	October 16, 1989	Also known as Loring House.
129	Kappa Sigma Chapter House	Upload image	2220 Piedmont Avenue	July 6, 1992	This building was torn down in 1992 to build the Haas School of Business.
130	Piedmont Way		2200–2499 Piedmont Avenue	February 22, 1990
131	Downtown YMCA		2001 Allston Way	February 22, 1990	This was for the Young Men’s Christian Association.
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134	Kerna Maybeck Gannon House	Upload image	2780 Buena Vista Way	March 19, 1990	Also known as Annie Maybeck House.
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136	Sigma Pi Chapter House	Upload image	2395 Piedmont Avenue	May 21, 1990	Now Phi Gamma Delta.
137	Sutliff Rock (Picnic Rock)	Upload image	550 Santa Rosa Avenue	May 21, 1990	This is a "Site of Merit."
138	Arthur Ayers House	Upload image	2528 Benvenue Avenue	June 18, 1990
139	Morrison House	Upload image	2532 Benvenue Avenue	June 18, 1990	This is a "Structure of Merit."
140	Weltevreden	Upload image	1755 Le Roy Avenue	August 20, 1990	Formerly Volney D. Moody House, and now Tellefsen Hall; it's also a "Structure of Merit."
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142	Ernest V. Cowell Memorial Hospital	Upload image	2215 College Avenue, University of California, Berkeley campus	November 19, 1990	This hospital was torn down in 1993 to build the Haas School of Business.
143	Luther M. Williamson Building	Upload image	2120–2124 Dwight Way	February 25, 1991
144	Williams Building	Upload image	2126–2128 Dwight Way	February 25, 1991
145	Davis-Byrne Building		2138–2140 Dwight Way	February 25, 1991
146	Durant Hall		Sather Road, University of California, Berkeley campus	February 25, 1991	Formerly Boalt Hall; designed by John Galen Howard.
147	California Hall		Sather Road, University of California, Berkeley campus	February 25, 1991	Designed by John Galen Howard.
148	Doe Memorial Library		University of California, Berkeley campus	February 25, 1991	Designed by John Galen Howard.
149	Founders' Rock		Hearst Avenue, University of California, Berkeley campus	February 25, 1991
150	Giannini Hall		University Drive, University of California, Berkeley campus	February 25, 1991
151	Room 307, Gilman Hall		Campus Drive, University of California, Berkeley campus	February 25, 1991	The building was designed by John Galen Howard. Room 307 is famous because chemist Glenn T. Seaborg and his team identified plutonium there.
152	Hearst Memorial Mining Building		Mining Circle, University of California, Berkeley campus	February 25, 1991	Designed by John Galen Howard.
153	Hearst Greek Theatre		Gayley Road, University of California, Berkeley campus	February 25, 1991	Designed by John Galen Howard.
154	Phoebe Apperson Hearst Memorial Gymnasium for Women		Bancroft Way, University of California, Berkeley campus	February 25, 1991	Designed by Bernard Maybeck and Julia Morgan; also known as Hearst Gymnasium for Women.
155	Hilgard Hall		University Drive, University of California, Berkeley campus	February 25, 1991
156	Faculty Club and Glade		Faculty Glade, University of California, Berkeley campus	February 25, 1991	Designed by Bernard Maybeck.
157	Sather Gate and Bridge		University of California, Berkeley campus	February 25, 1991	Designed by John Galen Howard.
158	Sather Tower and Esplanade		Esplanade Drive, University of California, Berkeley campus	February 25, 1991	Also known as the Campanile.
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160	South Hall		West Esplanade Drive, University of California, Berkeley campus	February 25, 1991
161	University House		Hearst Avenue, University of California, Berkeley campus	February 25, 1991	Designed by Albert Pissis; it used to be the President’s Mansion and is now the Chancellor’s House.
162	Wellman Hall		University Drive, University of California, Berkeley campus	February 25, 1991	Designed by John Galen Howard; also known as Agriculture Hall.
163	Wheeler Hall		Campanile Way, University of California, Berkeley campus	February 25, 1991	Designed by John Galen Howard.
164	St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church and Grounds	Upload image	1600–1640 Addison Street	March 18, 1991	This was the site of Presentation High School; the grotto was torn down.
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166	West Berkeley Macaroni Factory	Upload image	2215 Fifth Street	January 28, 1991	This was a "Structure of Merit."
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168	Elks Club	Upload image	2018 Allston Way	October 7, 1991
169	Joseph Alphonso House	Upload image	1814 Sixth Street	June 15, 1992
170	Roberts Studio	Upload image	2134 Allston Way	January 6, 1992	Later known as the Berkeley Community YWCA.
171	Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center		1317 San Pablo Avenue	September 8, 1992
172	West Berkeley YMCA	Upload image	2009 Tenth Street	January 6, 1992	This was a "Structure of Merit."
173	The Temple of Wings		2800 Buena Vista Way	January 6, 1992	Also known as the Charles C. Boynton House; originally designed by Bernard Maybeck.
174	Orchard Lane	Upload image	Panoramic Hill	January 6, 1992
175	Northbrae Public Improvements		Northbrae	February 3, 1992	This includes Marin Circle, paths, parks, and stone monuments; designed by landscape architect and professor, R. E. Mansell.
176	Thomas Andrews House	Upload image	1812 Sixth Street	June 15, 1992
177	Edwards Stadium and Field		Bancroft Way at Fulton Street, University of California, Berkeley campus	November 2, 1992
178	Edward Brakenridge House (Bonita House)	Upload image	1410 Bonita Avenue	October 6, 1992	Designed by Ira A. Boynton.
179	Berkeley Community Theater		300 block of Allston Way, Berkeley High School campus	December 7, 1992	Also known as the Little Theater, Berkeley High School Shop & Science Buildings; part of the Civic Center Historic District and Berkeley High School Campus Historic District.
180	Hotel Durant		2600 Durant Avenue	February 1, 1993	This is a "Structure of Merit."
181	Heywood Building	Upload image	2014–2018 Shattuck Avenue	April 12, 1993
182	Bancroft Apartments	Upload image	2126 Bancroft Way	April 12, 1993	Also known as Waste and Clark Apartments.
183	Charles W. Woodworth House	Upload image	2237 Carleton Street	September 7, 1993
184	Thousand Oaks Elementary School	Upload image	840 Colusa Street	December 6, 1993	This school was torn down in 1997 to make way for new school buildings.
185	Underwood Building	Upload image	2110–2114 Addison Street	November 1, 1993	Also known as Virginia Apartments; it's a "Structure of Merit."
186	Elmer Buckman House	Upload image	920 Shattuck Avenue	June 6, 1994
187	Armstrong College	Upload image	2220 Harold Way	September 6, 1994
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189	Berkeley Municipal Rose Garden		Euclid Avenue between Bay View Place and Eunice Street	March 3, 1995
190	Everett Glass House	Upload image	70 Twain Avenue	April 3, 1995
191	La Loma Steps	Upload image	Pathway linking 1500 block of Le Roy Avenue & 2500 block of Buena Vista Way	October 2, 1995
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193	Harmon Gymnasium	Upload image	Bancroft Way, University of California, Berkeley campus	September 3, 1996	Designed by George W. Kelham; it was changed so much in 1999 when it became Haas Pavilion that it's barely recognizable.
194	Jensen House	Upload image	1675 La Loma Avenue	October 7, 1996
195	University Of California, Berkeley Campus Landscape Features	Upload image	University of California, Berkeley campus	November 4, 1996
196	Longfellow School	Upload image	1500 Derby Street	December 2, 1996
197	Framat Lodge #405 of the Vasa Order of America	Upload image	1900 Addison Street	April 7, 1997
198	Charles John Dickman House and Cottages	Upload image	2549, 2551, 2551B, 2553, 2555 & 2555B Benvenue Avenue	July 7, 1997
199	Harley and Villa Wiley House and Cottages	Upload image	2545 Benvenue Avenue	July 7, 1997
200	Jennie C. Smith House	Upload image	2539 Benvenue Avenue	July 7, 1997
201	Dr. Cornelius Beach Bradley House	Upload image	2639 Durant Avenue	November 3, 1997	Now the Theta Xi Chapter House.
202	Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park	Upload image	between Allston Way, MLK Jr. Way and Center Street	November 3, 1997	Part of the Civic Center Historic District.
203	Rev. Dr. Robert Bentley House	Upload image	2683 Le Conte Avenue	February 2, 1998
204	George Edwards House	Upload image	2530 Dwight Way	April 6, 1998
205	Berkeley Farm Creamery	Upload image	2108–2116 Allston Way	June 1, 1998	Formerly John Hinkel Livery Stable, S. J. Sill Warehouse, and American Red Cross; it was a "Structure of Merit" and was torn down in 1999.
206	Josiah J. Rose-Goldsmith House	Upload image	2919 Lorina Street	September 8, 1998
207	Hobart Hall	Upload image	2606 Dwight Way	September 8, 1998	Also known as Baptist Divinity School; designed by Julia Morgan.
208	Euclid Apartments	Upload image	1865 Euclid Avenue	September 8, 1998	Designed by John Galen Howard.
209	Merton Joseph Congdon House	Upload image	2527 Piedmont Avenue	November 2, 1998	This is a "Structure of Merit."
210	Spenger’s Fish Grotto		1915–1955 Fourth Street	November 2, 1998
211	Fox Common		1670–1676 University Avenue	December 7, 1998
212	Civic Center Historic District	Upload image	between Center Street & Allston Way, Milvia Street & Martin Luther King Jr. Way	December 7, 1998	Also known as Berkeley Civic Center Historic District.
213	North Berkeley Congregational Church	Upload image	2138 Cedar Street	January 4, 1999	Also known as Grace North Church and Christ Church East Bay.
214	Theta Xi Chapter House	Upload image	1730 La Loma Avenue	January 4, 1999	Now Kingman Hall.
215	Baptist Divinity School		2606 Dwight Way	February 1, 1999	Also known as American Baptist Seminary of the West.
216	Rose and William Berteaux Cottage	Upload image	2612 Channing Way	June 7, 1999	This cottage was moved in 2001 to 2350 Bowditch Street.
217	Charles H. Rieber House	Upload image	15 Canyon Road	June 7, 1999	Designed by Ernest Coxhead.
218	George Lewis Bell House	Upload image	2118 Marin Avenue	August 2, 1999
219	The Brasfield	Upload image	2520 Durant Avenue	September 13, 1999	Also known as Beau Sky Hotel and the Blue Sky Hotel.
220	Ellen Blood House	Upload image	2508 Regent Street	September 13, 1999	Also known as Tompkins House; it's a "Structure of Merit" and was moved in 2014 from 2526 Durant Avenue.
221	The Albra	Upload image	2530–2534 Durant Avenue	September 13, 1999	This is a "Structure of Merit."
222	Robcliff Apartment House	Upload image	2515 Channing Way	September 13, 1999	This is a "Structure of Merit."
223	Epworth Hall	Upload image	2521 Channing Way	September 13, 1999
224	Alexander C. Stuart House	Upload image	2524 Dwight Way	September 13, 1999
225	Vine Street Pumping Plant	Upload image	2113 Vine Street	October 4, 1999
226	Casa Bonita Apartments	Upload image	2605 Haste Street	November 1, 1999
227	F. D. Chase Building	Upload image	2107–2111 Shattuck Avenue	January 3, 2000	This is a "Structure of Merit."
228	Berkeley Shellmound	Upload image	three blocks bounded by University Avenue, Hearst Avenue, I-880 and Fourth Street	February 7, 2000
229	Westminster House and Grounds	Upload image	2700 Bancroft Way	April 3, 2000	Also known as Unitas House.
230	Swink House, Cottage and Garden	Upload image	1525–1529 Shattuck Avenue	May 1, 2000	This is a "Structure of Merit."
231	John Hunter House	Upload image	2418 California Street	June 5, 2000	This is a "Structure of Merit"; also listed as John Hopkins Spring Estate.
232	Unit 1 U.C. dormitories	Upload image	Durant Avenue	September 2000	Designed by Warnecke and Warnecke.
233	Unit 2 U.C. dormitories	Upload image	Haste Street	September 2000	Designed by Warnecke and Warnecke.
234	J. Gorman and Son Building	Upload image	2599 Telegraph Avenue	December 4, 2000
235	Ralph White House	Upload image	1841 Marin Avenue	January 8, 2001
236	Elizabeth M. Kenney Cottage	Upload image	2214 Addison Street (now in storage)	February 5, 2001	Also known as Kenney-Meinheit Cottage; it was moved to 1725 University Avenue in 1906, then to 1275 University Avenue in 2003, and was taken apart and stored in October 2018.
237	Southern Pacific Railroad Station		700 University Avenue	March 5, 2001
238	John Hinkel Park		Southampton Avenue	April 2, 2001
239	Walter H. Farley House	Upload image	147 Tunnel Road	July 9, 2001	This is a "Structure of Merit."
240	John Brennan House	Upload image	1124–1126 Addison Street	July 9, 2001	Designed by Peter Crinnion.
241	Santa Fe Railway Station		1310 University Avenue	September 10, 2001
242	Alphonso H. Broad House and Storefronts	Upload image	2115-2117-2119 Kittredge Street	October 1, 2001	This is a "Structure of Merit."
243	Berkeley Public Library, North Branch	Upload image	1170 The Alameda	October 1, 2001
244	La Loma Park Historic District	Upload image	La Loma Avenue between La Vereda Road and Buena Vista Way	May 6, 2002	This is a Historic District, including 13 houses.
245	UC Theater		2036 University Avenue	May 6, 2002
246	Wallace and Lucy MacGregor House	Upload image	1962 Yosemite Road	June 3 2002
247	City of Berkeley Corporation Yard Building	Upload image	1326 Allston Way	July 1, 2002
248	Jeffress House	Upload image	2944 Elmwood Court	"Structure of Merit"
249	J.B. Tufts House	Upload image	2733 Buena Vista Way	July 1, 2002	Also known as Tufts House No. 3; designed by Bernard Maybeck.
250	Maybeck Cottage	Upload image	1 Maybeck Twin Drive	December 9, 2002	Designed by Bernard Maybeck.
251	Carrick House and Dunster Cottages	Upload image	1418 Spruce Street	December 9, 2002
252	John A. Marshall-Erik O. Lindblom House	Upload image	2601 Hillegass Avenue	March 3, 2003	This was the former home of Erik Lindblom.
253	Brooks Apartments	Upload image	2231 Shattuck Avenue	April 7, 2003	Also known as Amherst Hotel.
254	Heywood Apartments	Upload image	2119 Addison Street	April 7, 2003
255	John Kueffer House	Upload image	2430 Fulton Street	May 5, 2003
256	West Berkeley Branch Library	Upload image	1125 University Avenue	May 5, 2003	This was a "Structure of Merit"; it was torn down in 2012 and replaced.
257	Alexandre and Marie Bertin Properties	Upload image	1952 University Avenue	June 2, 2003	This is a "Structure of Merit."
258	Alexandre and Marie Bertin Properties	Upload image	1960 University Avenue	June 2, 2003	This is a "Structure of Merit."
259	Bertha Bossé Cottage (southern)	Upload image	2426 Fulton Street	May 5, 2003
260	Bertha Bossé Cottage (northern)	Upload image	2424 Fulton Street	June 2, 2003
261	Stuart Daggett House	Upload image	1427 Hawthorne Terrace	July 14, 2003
262	Frederick A. Thomas House	Upload image	883 Arlington Avenue	July 14, 2003	Designed by Julia Morgan.
263	Wright Block	Upload image	2161 Shattuck Avenue	September 8, 2003
264	Concrete Grid Forms Company	Upload image	3075 Telegraph Avenue	September 8, 2003	This building was torn down in 2004, but four outside panels were saved.
265	Harry H. Webb House	Upload image	2935 Otis Street	October 8, 2003	This is a "Structure of Merit."
266	Hillside Club		2286 Cedar Street	January 12, 2004
267	Mrs. Edmund P. King Building	Upload image	2502 Dwight Way	January 12, 2004	Also known as King Building.
268	George Morgan Building	Upload image	2053 Berkeley Way	January 12, 2004
269	Albert E. Montgomery House	Upload image	45 Oak Ridge Road	February 2, 2004
270	Sisterna Historic District	Upload image	between Fifth St. (west), Addison St. (north), Sixth St. (east), and Allston Way (south)	March 1, 2004	This is a "Historic District."
271	Soda Water Works Building	Upload image	2509–2513 Telegraph Avenue	April 12, 2004
272	University of California Press Building	Upload image	2120 Oxford Street	June 7, 2004
273	S. J. Sill & Co. Grocery and Hardware Store	Upload image	2145 University Avenue (formerly 2139)	June 7, 2004
274	Martha E. Sell Building	Upload image	2154–2160 University Avenue	June 7, 2004
275	Ernest Alva Heron Building	Upload image	2136–2140 University Avenue	July 12, 2004
276	Frederick H. Dakin Warehouse	Upload image	2750 Adeline Street	August 9, 2004	This building has been changed since 2004.
277	Edgar Jensen House	Upload image	1650 La Vereda Road	December 6, 2004
278	Webb Block	Upload image	1985 Ashby Avenue	December 6, 2004
279	Standard Die and Specialty Company	Upload image	2701 Eighth Street	March 7, 2005
280	Berkeley Piano Club	Upload image	2724 and 2726 Haste Street	March 7, 2005
281	Squires Block	Upload image	2100 Vine Street	May 9, 2005	This is a "Structure of Merit."
282	Claremont Court Gate and Street Markers	Upload image	Claremont Blvd. at Russell St.; Claremont Ave. at Avalon Ave.; 2000 block of Forest Ave.; 2000 block of Derby St.; 2900 block of Russell St. at Oak Knoll Path	May 9, 2005
283	Wallace W. Clark Building	Upload image	2375–2377 Shattuck Avenue	July 11, 2005
284	Alfred Bartlett Houses	Upload image	2201 and 2205 Blake Street	December 5, 2005
285	Oaks Theatre	Upload image	1861 Solano Avenue	February 2, 2006
286	Laura Belle Marsh Kluegel House	Upload image	2667–2669 Le Conte Avenue	April 6, 2006	Designed by John Hudson Thomas.
287	California Memorial Stadium		between Piedmont Avenue and Stadium Rim Way	June 1, 2006	Designed by John Galen Howard.
288	Elmwood Hardware Building	Upload image	2947–2953 College Avenue	July 6, 2006	Designed by William H. Weeks.
289	Marie and Frederick A. Hoffman Building	Upload image	2988–2992 Adeline Street	July 6, 2006	Designed by Henry Ahnefeld; this is a "Structure of Merit."
290	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Bevatron Site	Upload image	One Cyclotron Road, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	August 3, 2006	This site was torn down between 2009–2012.
291	Phi Kappa Psi Chapter House	Upload image	770 La Loma Avenue	August 3, 2006
292	Annie and Fred J. Martin House	Upload image	2411 Fifth Street	August 3, 2006	This is a "Structure of Merit."
293	Clephane Building	Upload image	3027 Adeline Street	September 7, 2006
294	Charles A. Westenberg House	Upload image	2811 Benvenue Avenue	September 7, 2006	Designed by Albert Dodge Coplin.
295	Wallace-Sauer House	Upload image	1340 Arch Street	November 2, 2006
296	Ennor’s Restaurant Building	Upload image	2128–2130 Center Street	November 2, 2006	Designed by James W. Plachek.
297	Bernard and Annie Maybeck House No. 1	Upload image	1300 Martin Luther King Jr. Way	February 1, 2007	Designed by Bernard Maybeck.
298	Berkeley Iceland	Upload image	2727 Milvia Street	April 5, 2007	Designed by William Clement Ambrose.
299	Fred and Amy Corkill House	Upload image	2611 Ashby Avenue	April 5, 2007	Designed by Russell R. Bixby.
300	Berkeley High School Gymnasium	Upload image	1920 Allston Way	July 5, 2007	This gym was torn down in 2012; it was part of the Berkeley High School Campus Historic District.
301	Cambridge Apartments	Upload image	2500 Durant Avenue	September 6, 2007	Designed by Walter H. Ratcliff Jr..
302	Hezlett’s Silk Store Building	Upload image	2277 Shattuck Avenue	March 6, 2008
303	Brower Houses and David Brower Redwood	Upload image	2232–2234 Haste Street	August 7, 2008
304	Donald and Helen Olsen House		771 San Diego Road	March 5, 2009
305	Needham-Obata Building	Upload image	2525 Telegraph Avenue, 2512–2516 Regent Street	June 4, 2009
306	Mobilized Women of Berkeley Building	Upload image	1007 University Avenue	July 20, 2009
307	Koerber Building	Upload image	2054 University Avenue	September 3, 2009
308	Capitol Market Building	Upload image	1500 Shattuck Avenue	September 3, 2009
309	University YWCA	Upload image	2600 Bancroft Way	May 6, 2010	Designed by Joseph Esherick.
310	Fish-Clark House	Upload image	1545 Dwight Way	August 5, 2010
311	Pelican Building (Anthony Hall)	Upload image	University of California, Berkeley campus	February 3, 2011	Designed by Joseph Esherick.
312	Duncan and Jean McDuffie House	Upload image	22 Roble Road	March 3, 2011	Designed by Willis Polk.
314	University Art Museum		2626 Bancroft Way, 2625 Durant Avenue	February 2, 2012	Now Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.
315	Mary J. Berg House	Upload image	2517 Regent Street	November 1, 2012	This is a "Structure of Merit"; designed by William Garfield May.
316	Harold E. Jones Child Study Center		2425 Atherton Street	June 6, 2013
317	McCormack Residence	Upload image	18 Alvarado Road	October 3, 2013	Designed by Walter H. Ratcliff Jr..
318	Lucinda Reames House No. 1	Upload image	2503 Regent Street	May 1, 2014	This is a "Structure of Merit"; designed by Albert Dodge Coplin.
319	Lucinda Reames House No. 2	Upload image	2509 Regent Street	May 1, 2014	This is a "Structure of Merit"; designed by Albert Dodge Coplin.
320	William Wilkinson House	Upload image	2511 Regent Street	October 2, 2014	This is a "Structure of Merit"; designed by Albert Dodge Coplin.
321	Channing Apartments	Upload image	2409 College Avenue	February 5, 2015	Designed by Walter H. Ratcliff Jr..
322	Hull Undertaking Co. and Little Chapel of the Flowers	Upload image	3049–3051 Adeline Street, 1905, 1909, 1911–1915 Essex Street	September 3, 2015
323	Bennington Apartments	Upload image	2508 Ridge Road	February 4, 2016
324	Ali and Marion Yazdi Building	Upload image	2910–2912 Telegraph Avenue	July 7, 2016	This building was formerly owned by Marion Carpenter Yazdi.
325	Captain John Slater House	Upload image	1335 Shattuck Avenue	February 2, 2017	Designed by Thomas J. Welsh.
326	A.H. and Julia Broad House and Broad Apartment Building	Upload image	2030–2032 Bancroft Way	April 6, 2017	Designed by Alphonso Herman Broad.
327	University Laundry	Upload image	2526–2530 Shattuck Avenue	May 4, 2017
328	Charles H. Spear House	Upload image	1905 Martin Luther King Jr. Way	July 6, 2017
329	George A. Mattern/Berkeley Bank Building	Upload image	2500 Shattuck Avenue	February 1, 2018	This is a "Structure of Merit."
330	Thomas and Louise Hicks House	Upload image	2901 Benvenue Avenue	March 1, 2018
331	George Wilson House	Upload image	2415 Blake Street	December 6, 2018
332	Torrey House and Torrey Cottage	Upload image	1 and 5 Canyon Road	December 6, 2018	Designed by Ernest Coxhead; part of the Panoramic Hill Historic District.
333	Las Casitas Apartments	Upload image	1619 Walnut Street	June 6, 2019	Designed by William Alexander Doctor; this is a "Structure of Merit."
334	George and Ellen Blood House	Upload image	1495 Euclid Avenue/2526 Hawthorne Terrace	July 2, 2019	Designed by Walter H. Ratcliff Jr..
335	Marsh-Sperry House	Upload image	1440 Hawthorne Terrace	September 5, 2019	Designed by Henry Higby Gutterson.
336	Sperry-McLaughlin House	Upload image	1450 Hawthorne Terrace	September 5, 2019	Designed by Henry Higby Gutterson.
337	Grace Stearns Dilley House	Upload image	1399 Queens Road	February 6, 2020	Designed by Francis Joseph McCarthy.
338	Whittemore/Woodworth House	Upload image	2043 Lincoln Street	March 5, 2020
339	Captain James F. and Cecilia M. Luttrell House	Upload image	2328 Channing Way	July 2, 2020	Designed by Ira Alton Boynton.
340	The Borg Building	Upload image	2136–2154 San Pablo Avenue	October 1, 2020
341	Steilberg House and Cottages	Upload image	One Orchard Lane, 1 Panoramic Way, 4 Mosswood Lane	December 3, 2020	Part of the Panoramic Hill Historic District.
342	Schneider-Kroeber House, also known as Semper Virens	Upload image	1325 Arch Street	August 5, 2021	Designed by Bernard Maybeck; this was the former home of Ursula K. Le Guin.
343	Wurts-Lenfest House	Upload image	2523 Piedmont Avenue	February 3, 2022	This is a "Structure of Merit."
344	James T. Stocker-Loni Ding House	Upload image	1940 Hearst Avenue	March 3, 2022	This was the former home of Loni Ding.
345	California Theatre		2113 Kittredge Street	May 5, 2022	This theater is now closed, and in 2022, there were plans to turn it into housing.
346	Addison and Carrie Laflin House	Upload image	2119 Marin Avenue	September 1, 2022	Designed by Walter H. Ratcliff Jr.; this is a "Structure of Merit."

What are Structures of Merit?

"Structures of Merit" are buildings or places that are important to Berkeley's history, but they might not be as well-known as the main landmarks. They still have special historical value!

National Historic Landmarks and Districts in Berkeley

These are places in Berkeley that are recognized as very important to the history of the entire United States.

• Anna Head School for Girls - 2538 Channing Way
• Berkeley Day Nursery - 2031 6th St.
• Berkeley High School Historic Campus District—1980 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
• Berkeley Hillside Club - 2286 Cedar St.
• Berkeley Historic Civic Center District - Roughly bounded by McKinney Ave., Addison St., Shattuck Ave., and Kittredge St.
• Berkeley Public Library - 2090 Kittredge St.
• Berkeley Women's City Club - 2315 Durant Ave.
• Boone's University School - 2029 Durant Ave.
• Bowles Hall - Stadium and Gayley Way
• California Hall - Oxford St.
• Chamber of Commerce Building - 2140—2144 Shattuck Ave. & 2071—2089 Center St.
• Church of the Good Shepherd-Episcopal - 1001 Hearst St. at Ninth St.
• City Hall - 2134 Grove St.
• Cloyne Court Hotel - 2600 Ridge Rd.
• College Women's Club - 2680 Bancroft Way
• Corder Building - 2300—2350 Shattuck Ave.
• Cowell Memorial Hospital - 2215 College Ave.
• Doe Memorial Library - Oxford St.
• Drawing Building - Hearst Ave., University of California campus
• Durant Hall - Oxford St.
• Edwards Stadium - junction of Bancroft Way and Fulton St., UC Berkeley campus
• Faculty Club - Oxford St.
• First Church of Christ, Scientist - 2619 Dwight St.
• First Unitarian Church - 2401 Bancroft Way
• Founders' Rock - Oxford St.
• Fox Court - 1472—1478 University Ave.
• Garfield Intermediate School - 1414 Walnut St.
• Giannini Hall - Oxford St.
• Girton Hall - Off College Ave. next to Cowell Hospital, University of California, Berkeley campus
• Golden Sheaf Bakery - 2069—2071 Addison St.
• Haviland Hall - University of California Campus
• Hearst Greek Theatre - Oxford St.
• Hearst Gymnasium for Women - Oxford St.
• Hearst Memorial Mining Building - Oxford St.
• Hilgard Hall - Oxford St.
• Hillside School - 1581 Leroy Ave.
• LeConte Hall - Hearst and Gayley
• Loring House - 1730 Spruce St.
• Masonic Temple - 2105 Bancroft Way and 2295 Shattuck Ave.
• North Gate Hall - Oxford St.
• Phi Delta Theta Chapter House - 2717 Hearst Ave.
• Room 307, Gilman Hall, University of California - University of California at Berkeley campus
• Sather Gate and Bridge - U.C.Berkeley
• Sather Tower
• Senior Hall - University of California, Berkeley campus
• South Hall - Oxford St.
• St. John's Presbyterian Church - 2640 College Ave.
• State Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind - bounded by Dwight Way, City line, Derby and Warring Streets
• Studio Building - 2045 Shattuck Ave.
• Thorsen, William R., House - 2307 Piedmont Ave.
• Toveri Tupa (Old Finnish Hall) - 1819 10th St.
• Tupper and Reed Building - 2275 Shattuck Ave.
• U.S. Post Office - 2000 Milvia St.
• University House - Oxford St.
• Wellman Hall - Oxford St.
• Wheeler Hall - Oxford St.

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